PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wladamir Sholvansky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nikolai Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Sholvansky
vs
Drago

190 cm
19
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

174 cm
27
187 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wladamir Sholvansky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nikolai Drago!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sholvansky ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Drago fails with the takedown

and Sholvansky counters with a nice double leg into side control. Drago won't be happy with that.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Sholvansky fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sholvansky misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Drago gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sholvansky unloads with some shots from mount but Drago bucks and avoids them well.
Sholvansky lands a heavy elbow.
Drago is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Sholvansky dominating with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sholvansky cracks Drago with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sholvansky lands with some strikes.
Sholvansky with a couple of short strikes.
The referee warns Drago that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sholvansky working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Sholvansky with a couple of short strikes.

Drago is rocked!
Drago tries to lock up and control but Sholvansky gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Drago is still in real trouble! Can Sholvansky finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Sholvansky.
Sholvansky throwing strikes here but Drago is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sholvansky postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Drago in real trouble here! The ref calls for Drago to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wladamir Sholvansky!